The biggest risk in the financial services business today is the Regulatory risk. The more the regulators think that they can prevent frauds and cheating the more they will move into the controls of a business. Sebi has been making a lot of changes in the mutual fund business – there is a good chance [...]
When I ran the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (scmm) in the year 2011, I was an amateur walker and used to run only the Scmm – and had done little by way of practice. I did the 21.09 km race in 2:50 – which was about 5 minutes MORE than my target time of 2.45. [...]
for those of you tracking my running at Stanchart Mumbai Marathon – Scmm – I did a time of 2:29:28…..for my HM this is of course the nth time I am doing it..and presumably my best timing….remember 5 years ago there were no chips to use…. Post Footer automatically generated by [...]
I recently met a 85 year old man who has all his investments in bank deposits and post office deposits. This is a good portfolio – and he has about Rs. 12 lakhs. As his income is below taxable level he does not pay Income tax, nor does he file his IT return. He had [...]
I think this is not an article, this is a caveat. When you read my articles, please understand that I suffer from the following biases: 1. City bias: I have lived my life in the comfort of a city with good infra. The infra has been deteriorating over a long period of time, but I [...]
This week had some interesting events…. – a friend was offered a 30% discount on a retail purchase of a flat in one of Mumbai suburbs – a lovely property belonging to Hindustan Unilever Ltd. did not find any buyer in an auction – at Worli – one girl was killed in Delhi by a [...]